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   Mon·strous

   /ˈmänstrəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster: "monstrous, bug-eyed fish" Similar grotesquehideousuglyghastlygruesomehorriblehorridhorrifichorrendoushorrifyinggrislydisgustingrepulsiverepellentrevoltingnightmarishdreadfulfrighteningterrifyingfearsomefreakishmalformedmisshapenunnaturalabnormalmutantmiscreatedrare:teratoidOpposite lovelybeautifulnormal
   • ▪ (of a person or an action) inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong: "he wasn't lovable, he was monstrous and violent" Similar appallingabhorrentheinousevilwickedabominableterriblehorribledreadfulhideousfoulvileoutrageousshockingdisgracefulscandalousatrociousvillainousnastyghastlyodiousloathsomeshamefulinfamousnefariousiniquitousunspeakableintolerablecontemptibledespicableviciouscruelsavagebrutishbestialbarbaricbarbarousbaseinhumandepravedfiendishdevilishdiabolicalsatanicruthlessmercilessinformal:beastlyrare:egregiousflagitiousOpposite admirablegoodkind
   • ▪ extremely and dauntingly large: "the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside" Similar hugeenormousmassivegreatgiganticgiantcolossalmammothvastimmensetremendousmightystupendousmonumentalepicprodigiousmountainoustitanictoweringelephantineking-sizedking-sizegargantuanHerculeanBrobdingnagiansubstantialinformal:megamonsterwhoppingwhopping greatthumpingthumping greathumongousjumbohulkingwhackingwhacking greatginormousOpposite tinyminute

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘strange or unnatural’): from Old French monstreux or Latin monstrosus, from monstrum (see monster). Current senses date from the 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. monstrously adverb
   • 2. monstrousness noun

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